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VALLEY OF THE JORDAN. A Visit to Sulphur Springs Known the Romans 2,000 Years Ago. At the spot where the Jordan issues from Lake Tiberius there are twe large wounds, 3 fragment of sea wall, and a causeway on arches which projects into the river, divid- ing it from the waters of the lake, and sug- gesting that it may possibly, in ancient times, have formed the nppxoaeb to a. bridge. There is no bridge there now. The river swirls round the inches, which Ire choked with ruins and reeds, and in a broad swift stream winds its way to the Dead Sea. Here. in old time, stood the Roman city of Tarichzea, built cua. site of a Phr‘enicisn for- tress or still older date. Nothing remains but heaps of rubbish covered with broktn pottery, and fragments of sculpture; but it ofiers probably a rich field for future EXMVB' tion. The modern name Kersh signifies in Syriac "Fortress." and its natural petition was remarkably strong, as the Jordan, after leaving the lake, takes a sharp bend to tie westward and flows almost parallel with it, thus leaving an intervening peninsula on which the town was situated. It wee de- fended on the westward by a. broad uitch, traces of which still remain. connecting the Jordsn with the lake, thus making the pen- insula. an island apppronched only by a causeway. On each side of these cliffs the country swells back abruptly to a height of 1,700 feet above the stream. At their base, 11: re and there. the limestone or basalt rock, for the two formations are curiously intermixed, crops out sharply, forming terraces with precipitous sides. The more distant .sum- mits are fringed with oak forests. Th»- gen- eral effect of the landscape as you first burst upon it after leaving the Jordan valley is in the highest degree impressive. The path, gradually amending, winds along the edge of clifl's, rising to a. sheer height of 300 in t from the torrent which foams beneath. We are so close to their margin on the right that it makes us giddy to look down, while on the left hand, grassy slopes, 00verul with wild flowers. rise to the base of other cliffs above us. For an hour we wind along these dizzy ledges. In one place I observed a hundred feet of limestone superimposed up- on two hundred of basalt, the Whole torm- ing a black and white precipice very re- markable to look upon. In fact, my fur. ther investigations of this valley of the Yar- mnk, some portion of which, I believe, we were the first to explore, have convinced me that it nfl'ords finer scenery than is to be found in any other part of Palestine. It is astonishing that it should have remained until now almost entirely unknown. “'here the valley opened a. little we saw benmth us ITS WILD AND UNIXPIOI‘ED GEANDEUB. The Yannuk here enters the plain of the Jordan on its way to join that river with a volume of water fully equal to the latter, pouring its swollen torrent between two per- fectly perpendicular precipicee ol basalt. which are about two hundred yards apart and look like some majestic gateway express- ly designed by nature to atford the urn a. fitting outlet to the plain alh‘r its wild course through the mountains. -_â€"__..__a. Josephus mentions Turich sea as having been a important military pow in the wars of his time. When I visited it the lake was unusually high, and the Jordan was unford- able, :0 we were obliged to ferry over, swim- ming our horses and mules a distance of 70 or 80 yards across the rapid current. Then we mounted and galloped in s southeasterly direction, over a fertile plain, waving at this season of the year with luxurisnt crops. I was so much struck with the fertility and agricultural capacity of this region that I made inquiry as to its ownership. and found that it had bee resented by a former Sul- tan to one of t e principal Bedouin sheihs of this Eastern country, and that he was exempt from all taxation. H is lands extend to the foothills, where the anmuk issues from the mountains of Gilead and J usinn, which we were now approaching. We had ascended these but a little way when s scene burst upon us which surprised and de- lighted us by a small plain, almost encircled by the river, and on it about twenty Bedouin tents. Our unexpected and novel appearance on the cliff above evidently caused some little stir and amazement. but they were too far be- low us to communicate with, so we pushed on to a point where the ptth suddenly plunged down by a series of steps between walls of black basalt, making avery steep descent for loaded mules, and one not ant» gather pleasant for mounted men. It had the advantage of bringing us soon to the bottam, howaver, but not before my eyes were gladdened by the sight of one of tue objects for which I had undertaken, the tri . ' fit my feet. and separated from the river by a narrow strip of land covered with bushes, was a long pool of bluish-gray water in marked coutrut with the yellow stream. Above it floated a. very light mist, or rather haze. Following with the eye a little stream of the same colored water which entered it, past a primitive mill, I saw that it de- bauched tram another pond similar in color, and evidently its source, and to this our path was conducting us. It was the first of the hot sulphur springs of Amatha, ule brated by Eueebiue_as being much frequent- ed in the tine of the Rom'ans. and faâ€"mous for their healing qualities. We soon reached its margin, add, dismounting, tether our horses under the shade of a large tree, and stretching ourselves for a rest after our ride, preparatory to a slight repeat and a more minute investigation of the springs and the mine by which they are surrounded. Our nostrils were regeled by a strong odor of rotten eggs, which left no doubt in our minds as to the quality of the waters by which we were surrounded. We were here at a depression of 550 feet below the surface of the see, but the climate, which must be Di’l'OLEBABLY HOT IN SUMMER, was at this time of year delightful. Ws were soon sufficiently rested to scramble first down to the pool' only a. few yards be- low us, which was about fisty uds long by thirty broad, end apparently ve or six feet deep. 'lhe temperature was 98 °, and the taste of the water very strongly snlphurons. Thee. we ascended s mound behind, covered with ruins. consisting principally of frag- ments of columns, carved stone seats. and drafted blocks which had been used for building purposes. Immediately behind this mound was on extensive ruin, consist- ing of three arches in s {sir state of preserve tion. Some of the arches were )5 or 26 feet hi h, end enclosed s semicircular space or he l for bothers. 0n the other side was a united building which putly enolcued whet (In This spring must be of immense volume to judge by the size of the torrent which flushed from it, and which was crossed on stepping stones, flowing away in what would be considered a. good sized trout stnam, to mingle its waters with the Yarmuk after a course of a few hundred yards. We deter- mined when onr tents arrived to pitch them near this spring on the brink of another stream which flowed in from the eastward, and which, though slightly sulphnrous was drinkable. Indeed, we do not object to tak- ing in a moderate amount of this wholesome medicament into our organisms. We found another strong spring. not quite so hot as the one in use. a. little above our tents. so that there is no lack of water. Indeed. I doubt whether sulphur springs of so much volume exist anywhere else in the world. Not far from this, with its back to another mound, were the ruins of an old Roman theatre, some of the rowaof seats still clearly discernible. These springs are situated on a. plain about a. mile long and a. half a mile broad. semicircular in shape, the chord of the are consisting of a fine basalt precipice, from which it slopes gradually to the river, which forms the bow. It is watered by 3 good fresh watu‘ spring, which rushes trom the base of the cliffs. The hot sulphur stream which issues from the pool we first visited turns a mill and then flows into the long ob- long pond I first saw from above. Here. after the exertions of the day, I determined to bathe. I never enjoyed a swim more than the one in this soft sul hur water, with a temperature of 96 ° . he pool was about one hundred yards long and ten wide, and out of my depth nearly throughout its length. The rocks upon which I could sit comfortably up to my neck where the stream entered the pool were covered with a heavy white deposit. The sensation afterward was one of delicious langour; but my full enjoy- ment of the bath was a little marred by the fact that I had to walk a quartsr of a mile back to the tents aftu‘ward. I had a. long talk on my way to the mill- r, the solitary re sident of this lonely but enchanting Spot; and tried to induce him to death the mill, 0! which he was the guardian, and act a: my guide up the river on the lollmv'ng day, but he was either too CDDSClbDblOuS. too lszy, _(.l‘ :09 ignorantâ€"I suspect the In t« r, as I found byuexperience that all the infor- muion he gave me ofa topographical nature was errvnaous. It was, therefore. with a. pleasing sense of anticipation that; we retir- ed to rest, determined 1.0 Host to our own geographical instincts alone for our proposed gxploration. There is One young conple in Toronto who are ready to open an exuhange where they may get rid of some superfluous jewellery they have on hand, or, rutber,- haven’t on hand, because the hand is quite too small for the jewelltry. Tnere is a new baby in thalamin and before it was a week old they received a. small box from Ca'ifoxnia, and upm opening it found a tiny gold ring with “Welcome,httle stranger," engraved on the inside. “It’s much too large for the baby and not quite large enough to fit me.” Iald the young mother, plaintively; but on the prin- ciple that it would keep she put it away. and dictated a. letter of thanks to the sender. The next day the baby’s aunt sent it a. lovely little ring set in pearls, with "Our pet_’ magked on t_he igner cirqle. Then its grandmother sent a. ring made out: of a. piece of gold found in dear grand- pa’s pocket after his death, and in hm] two sets of initlala and a mele trxt inscribed on it. But the next ring was from a school friend, and was a. wide band of gold with a qLarLer dollar bangle hung by a rim; chain, and the aeutxment "Oi such is the kingdom of Heaven." was condensed mto it, quite discernible with a microscope, hOWeVeI‘.‘ Then the baby’s uncle got home from New York, and when he had kissed the new arrival he took something out of his vast poclset: .... u. . ..u '-1 K “I couldn't loo 8. thing to get the kid ex- cept this," he said. as he opened a tiny box. “I knew nobody would think of giving such a little shaver a ring, so I got one. Hello, sis. whas's the matter!" ‘ 7h“; yofing mother had fainted. But they restend her in time to see her dear old Aunt Letitia. who had stopped over on her way to the Pacific Coast to see that blessed baby. “Not a ring on her dear,aweet little hands,” said the old lady. severely: “Aunty Linhy didn‘t {or efi her tootaey- wootaey.” And she slippe a. cameo omelet on the small red finger. It had a Greek word en- grufgu on_ it which means "How." 0 “There’s the poatmm's rinfi,” laid the nuns onet ay as she looked out of me Wm- duw. “He's bulging another ofi-ring to the baby ; I know it;" said the pale young mother. But they carry them to another room now, where they are numbered. sorted out md put away in regular order, shining memen- toes of the awful wnnt of originality, which is usually possessed by the friends 01 A first baby. Most bells were originally feminine. now the two or three called by Christian names inEn land are masculine. The most cele- brate , Great Tom, at Oxford, was originally named Mary. Tresham, the Vice-Chancellor of the period, writes: "0h, beautiful Mary. how musically she sounds.” She has done little to belie this reputation since she be- came Tom. Once only, in the year 1880, Tom got into disgrace by a series of incon- tinent strikings which greatly alarmed the undergraduates, who were divided in opin- ion s.s to “whether there was an earthquake. the Dean was dead. or the college on fire." Ringing the Baby. Idle Steamshlpsâ€"Cure for Heart Dis- easeâ€"Balaclavnâ€"-The Tricycle in Englandâ€"Another Great '1‘nnnelâ€"&c., 8w. In the English northeastern ports 137 ocean steamship: are idle. The Prince 1§nperial of Austria. speaks, it is asserted, every dialect known in the Aus~ trian dominiom, except Turkish. \Vitbin two months, the House of Lords has had two Roman Catholic accessionsâ€"â€" the Earl of Abingdon and L ‘rd Norm, both converts. The health record 0! Cincinnati is report- ed to have greatly improved since the flood cleansed the uuwholeaome districts. It is thought probable that: the late Duko of Buccleuch has made a considerable divin- ion of his vast eanates. One of $50,000 a. year he has given to his second son abso- lately. Many months ago the medical press was crowded with articles to show the action of a so-oslled new remedy in heart diseaseâ€"- extrsot of lily of the valley. But a book- Worm in Rome finds that the remedy was highly esteemed in Germany for the same mslsdy prior to the year 1821. A correlpondent, writing to Naturen, states that the ash winter has been remark- able for the difigrenceu in climate observed within short distances In Norway. For in- stance, while at Curistiania the ice we: from ten inches to twelve inches thick last Jann. £15,,ch Stovanger the thermometer fell in freezing point only once during the whole month. The Rev. Dr. \Vright, is distinguished A. M. of Trinity College, Dublin, has created some sensation by an article in which he says that many of tie fella as of that university do not belieVe in divine revelation or the ex- istence of a. personal God. Several are, at. the best, agnostica. if notabheists. Tnere is no way for disciplining either a fellow or professor for erroneous vlews, and so it is a. propaganda of skepticism. There in acontroversy an t) whether an eagle will lit on a. limb and let himaelf be- come encaled in ice. Edward P. Roe relat- ed an imtmoe of that kind. and his accura- cy wan questioned. John Holder now tells how, at Bloomimztom Ill.. he had an eagle brought 1:) him covered by ioe no complete- ly that it could not: move legs or wings, fell from the tree on which it had perched, and was captured by a. boy. Balaclava, although its name will be ever famous in hi-tory as mocinted with the fa- mous light cavalry charge, has hitherto re- mained an unimportant town. It is. how- ever, now beginning to develop resources, and bids fair to become a. fashionable resort {or in valids. A medical c>mmiaaion visiting it last summer has reported very favorably on its sheltered position and climate. The sale of the Hamilton library realized £12,907. which added to the Beckford tonal, makes £86,458 ($432,270) for the Hamilton Palace libraries Tue disposal of these li- braries occupied forty-eight days, extended over nearly two years. It is understood that the German Government paid £100,000 for the Hamilton MSS , which were sold by private contract. A young and well-known English noble- man is the owner of thirtyfive cabs and seventy horses in London. The hansoms may be recognised by their smart appearance and the letters S. T. under the driver’s box. There was a. great probability the other day of his lordship appearing as a. defendant, owing to one of his cabs having come into collision witha private owner's vehicle, but the spectacle oi the noble lord in a. Lmrlon county court has been obviated b y a. compro- mise. From a French state paper, bately brought to light:I it appears that in 1770 the follow- ing Parliamentary decree was solemnly pass- ed and duly registered under King Louis XV.: “Whosoever, by means of red or white paint, perfumes. essences, artificial teeth, mlse hair, cotton, wool. iron corsets. hoops, shoes with high heels, or false hips, shell seek to entice into the bands of mar- riage any male subject of his Majnsty, shall be prosecuted for wichcraft, and declared incapable of mhtcimeuy.” Lndies’ handkerchiefs this season in Paris match the gown, to that if your gown is nude ofa material with a. design of rosebuds, or trimmed with rosobud embroidery, you should have a handkerchief with a rosebud border. If your gown is brown tweed your handkerchief should have a brown border, and if your dress is made of striped material your handkerchief should have a border striped to match. The latest novelties Ill men's haudkerchiefs have a. border of littls rod or black devils in grotesque attitudes. In England 50 miles have been covered In 3 bouts 27 minutes on a tricycle, and the 100 miles between Both and London have been ridden in 8 hours 18 minutes on a. bicy- cle. A mile has been ridden in ‘2 minute- 31 2-5 Ieconds; 10 miles in 29 minutes 30 2-5 seconds; 20 miles in 59 minute: 58 35 sec- onds. and 100 miles in 5 hours 50 minutes 5 3 5 leconds. The other day. a. very windy one, aveteran of 77 role 53 miles in 5 hours. and 3. mm and his wife rode 117 miles in 12 hour: to show what they could do. The new Kind of gunpowder lately intro: duoed by M. Himly is superior to all others now in use, in the ease and rapidity of its proiuotion and the entire absence of danger in the processes of manufacture. Its freedom from any hygroscopic qualities is also ev1- dent from the {not that 100 grams of the ar- ticle, exposed to damp weather for some {our days in an open window, showed no gain of wei ht, with a. delicate balance. It is two an end-hull times more powerful thnn common powder, and. there is but a very slight residue. Another advantage is the slight amount of smoke given off, and this. as contrasted with that trom nitroâ€"ex- plosives, is totnlly innocuous. The preliminary surveys {01' the great Simpion Tunnel have now been definitely accomplished by a Commission of experts, the result being a report adverse to any operations being undertaked on the route suggested, in view of the extreme heat like- ly to be encountered in the interior of the vast mountainâ€"the normal temperature of the same being estimated at nearly nlnety‘ eight degreesâ€"during the prooess of com struction. In other respects. howover, it is admitted that the geological conditions are uiteas favorable as those of St. Gothard. hey propose, under these circumstances, a line slightly dlfierent trom that originally contemplated. and which, though somewhat longer than the first, would reduce the tem- THE WORLD OVER. perature to about eighty-six degrees, and would afford better opportunit es also fo the required ventilation. Dsrwin writes that he created immeme oxcitement once in amoukey cage in the Lmdon 7:)0 by bringing a. stuffed snake there. Three upecies of Cercopithecus were the moat alarmed. Tney darted about thelr cages and uttered sharp cries of danger, which were understood by the other mon- keys. He then placed it in the ground in one of the larger compartments. Afmr a. time all the monkeys collected round it in a large circle, and, staring intent‘y, presented a most ludicrous appearance. They became exuromoly nervous, so that when a wooden ball with which they were familiar as a. play- tuing wan accidentally moved in the straw under which it was hiriden th-y allinatantly leaped away. Sevenl of the French newspapers pub- lish extracts from a paper by M. A. Milne Edwards. the eminent naturalist, on the gorilla in the Jardin des Plantes. He has madealengthened study of this ape, and the description he gave of him was very much the reverse of favorable. The chimp- anzee snd orange‘outaug were. he declared, in comparison with the gorilla, models of sweetness and eminbility. He never gave his keeper the least mark 0! affection; he never permitted himself to be touched with- out manifesting the utmost repugnance to the familiarity, and, in general, a bite was the return he made for ecarees. He would not play with the other apes nor tolerate them in his neighbourhood. M. Milne Ed« Wards concided by ranking the gorilla in point of intelligence. 3 long way below any of the otheramhropoid spee. The gorilla has recently diedâ€"killed. one wag says, by M. Milne Edward’s article. The national monument at \VeshingtOn, when finished, will be the loitiest structure in the world, by about t irty feet The towâ€" ers of the cathedral It Go gne, just finish- ed, have a height of 524 feet and 11 inches; tower of St. Nicholas, Hamburg, 473 feet 1 inch; cupoia of St. Peter's, Rome, 469 feet 2 inches;csthedral spire at Strasburg. 465 feet 11 inches; pyramid of Cheops,‘ 449 feet 5 inches; tower of St. Stephen‘s, Vienna, 443 feet 19 inches; cathedral spire at Frei- hurg, 410 feet 1 inch; cathedral of Antwerp, 404 feet 10 inches: cathedral of Florence, 390 feet 5 inches; St. Paul’s, LondonI 465 feet 1 inch; cathedral tower at Megdeburg, 339 feet 11 inches; towar of the new votive church at Vienna, 314 feet 11 inches; tower of the Rathhaus at Berlin, 288 feet 8 inches; towers of Notre Dame, Paris. 232 feet 11 inches. 0! American structures, the Wash- ington monument, Beitimore, is 210 feet; Bunker Hill monument. 225 feet; Trinity Church, New York, 284 feet; St, Patric's Cathedral, New York, to be 360 feet. WOW»- Suggestions to Independent Voters. In an article on “The Use and Abuse of Parties,” in the June Century, the Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden in conclusion says of parties: “What, then, is the duty of intel- ligent and patriotic mep respecting them? To this question various answers are given. “1. Keep out of political life. It is'tmpe leaaly corrupt. You can do nothing to pu rifylfi.‘ it alone‘ “This is the argument of despair. lightly urged. by many fnvulous and faithless souls, but not_t_o be eAntertaipedpx any patriot. ‘ 2. Vote always. but belong- te no party. Join the unorganized mob of Independents; take your place on what Mr. Charles Fran- cin Adams, Jr.. calls ‘tne centre of the tilt- )nq-boam,’ and put your votes in every election where they will do the most good â€"voting always for the best man, or, at any rateLagainst the worst rascals. "This is a comfortable way of doing polit- 1cal duty; the practical ditficulty is in de- termining which rascal is the worst. Both are sometimes so bad that it is turd to chooser ‘ 2 Maintain a [cone relztion to one par- ty or the other, but take no part in he pri- mary meetings, and boltwben they otfer yon bad candidaws or bad measures. The the- ory isthat in this semiAatzached condition you will influence somewhat the nomina- tions; that the pan-12y managers Wult he think- ing of you thn they make up the ticket. “This. too, is apt 'to leave the voter sim- p‘vu choice of two evils. Tue gentlemen left by you in charge of the primary meet- ings are no: sure to think of )01, and if they do, they console themselves with the refl‘cnion that the other feklows wrll proba- bly nominate a. worse man than theixs. ' 4. Join one party or the other. (:0 into the caucuses, if you can get in. Take your pluck and your independence along with you. Tell the gentlemen in charge but you are interested in the suczoss of the party, and that you want to help keep it 111 a. shape in which it will deserve to succeed. Give them distinctly to understand that while you ask nothing for yourself, you intend to take a. hand in shaping the party po'icy and in making the nominations; and that you Will be guided in all this by n supreme re- gard for natior a! interests rather than pcr- sonsl interests. If, in spite of your protests, they make bad nominations, bolt the nomi- nations, and return to the charge the next time, taking with you as many as you can of your well-intentioned neighbors. If you reserve your temper, and use reaso i, sni as standing up for men and things that are onest and of good report, per-adventure they will listen to you at length. and you mny succeed in lifting up the standards and in purifying party management. L, I”, _ xiii-l, igsatruâ€"Iert'héd tinge-rs to me by far the wiaeat one." The Chinese Farmhouse. The Chinese fumhouee is a curious-lo k- ing abode. Unnelly it is sheltered with groves of leathery bamboo and thick-epro a 1- ing benyane. The Walle no of clay or wood and the intericr of the house con-iota of one main room extending from the floor to the tiled roof. with closet looking apartments in the corners for sleeping rooms. There is a. lh'ding window on the roof, male of out oyster shells ervauged in rows, while the side windows ere mere wooden shutters. The floor in the bare mth where at nightlull there oiten gethere together a. mieoellaneoue family of dirty children, fowle, ducks, pige- on: and a litter of pi I, all living together in hegpy hormony. 11 name district: in- !eete by munuding bande, honeee are etrongly fortified with high walla, containing apertures for fireerme and protected by a moat aroused by a rude drewbrldge. With grain, ewine and a. well under hie roof, the farmer and his men might hold out ageing: a year's eiege. The com] meat in I great roof-former. Benz‘ne or naphtha will remove gxexse from paint without removing the latter 1‘. used quickly and caxefully. A new proceue in shot-making doe; aw y, With the tall bowerfl. A strong curre :t of air is foxcei 01 the lead as it falls into the with the {sell bower air is (01661 01 the Water. Le nther chainse rubbing them with Le Lther bindings clemsed by this bindings should be me] satuv ated with Lenther chair~aextfi may be revive} by rubbing them with well-beaten white 0‘ egg. Le nther bindings of books may also ne clemsed by this method. White Rmqu bindings EhO‘lld be washed with a. so {3 flam- nel satuvated with soupsuds. A 12101 9. bar 11; has le ~n (owed, should be so harrienei or tempared thut it will never want to co ms to the fire again uut>l It is so worn down that it requxres reforging. Thls saves the 17 me lost in a. second. hardexing; and it avoids the damage always dOve to the cutt ng power by rebardeuing mt'nom forging. A writer in u. contlmponx‘] journal slyS: “I duacovered many yerls ago, that wool could be made to last. longer than Iron in the groand, but thOughc the process so simple that it was not Well to make a stir about 11:. Posts of any wood can be prepared lot less than two cents apiece. This is the re:ipe: Time b0 lei linseed-oil and stir in pulverized coal to the consistency of paint. Put a cost of this over the timber, and there is not a. man that will live to see it rot." 1t appa-us from a recent sialement made by one of the most exzeuaive inn founiers in Eaglaad, that owing to the improve: ments lately made in the manufacture of coke, the yield of the latter, per ton of coal, has been increasei from about sixty per cent. to seventy-five and seventy-seven per cent. At the same time tuat the yield of coke has been thus increased, the by-pro- ducal-shave been utxlized to the extant of 343an gallons of tar and thirty gallons of am- moniacal liquors per ton of coal. This ad- vancein the utilizat on of by-products means, in a. word, a reduction in the cost of the pro- duction of iron. G1unulabod cork is an excellent non-con- ductn‘ of heat, and is on this account a. very desirable material in the coastrnctTOn of re- frigerstor cars. It is also usei in the floors of passenger cars as a "deadeuer" of the noise of the running gear. It is made 15: running the scraps in a cork factory through a. mill which reduces them to a, coarse pow- der. The manufacturers, Armstrong Broth- ers & Co., of Pittsburg. make several tons of it per day, for which there is a tea. iv de- mand from car builders and refrigerator masulmtarersJ and also for the filling of ice- homes. Paper bottles are now made on a large scale in Germany and Austr-‘a. The paper must be well sized. The loilowing is said to be a. good receipt for the paper: Ten parts of lags, forty of straw, fifty of brown wooi pulp. The piper is impregnated or coibed on boti sides with sixty pacts of de- fibrimtsd fresh bimd, thitty~five parts of lime powder, five parts sulphate of alumina. Altar drying, ten or twelve rolled leaves are coated again, placed over each other, and then placed in heated moulds. The albumen in the blood forms a. combination on pres- sure wish the lime which is perfectly proot against Eplrltd, etc. The bottles are made in taro pieces, which are joined afterwards. A Hard Glove Fight Between TWOLSpar- rows. Email: A sign, over the door of one of the busiest establishments in Lewiston. a recess in the wall has :formed one of the snuggest retreat for a. bird or beast lmnginable. As winter s‘onns beat down the recess in the wall has been secure in its protection. The rains trouble not its quiet, and the sun can look in in springtime. A score or more of nests have been built there. A pro- geny of English sparrows bai,efter uncount- ed struggles with the original dwellers, won the lands by right of conquest, and now in- habit its domains. Over the sign open the windows of an olfice. One Site by the open windows ani sees all the doxngs of the ism- ily of b rls. Their battle of conquest was recently foug 3. Hastings b10)dy field was partially ri-enaoted. It was abouth o'clock. A sparrow or two wu‘: lo Ifing arouni the house, when n. (10ch or more iuirdders settl- ei down on the iron rods of the awnings and signs, and began to make tnuble. They Were running things when re enforcements of the home b'rds began to arrive. The ag- greksxve, thick-headed English spa-row plumed his leathers, and all the sickening details of war f)llowed. The uprmr called the spectn on to the window. The home- b r s fought. off the in‘nders. They flew down in incraamed numb' rs, and the invad- ers fled. Two birds in the thickest of the fight flew up and down, and up and down again. A gentleman on the walk below held out his hands, and the birds settled in his out-stretched palms and fought still. Aft; r the intruders had been ranted there were expreuione of joy in the nest. The English uperrow is nathing if note fighter. A cargo of human freight lalt France, the other day. Eich year one of the general in- speoto '( of priso is Vinita the six cent: 1U. pene- tentanies where women servants are serving their time to a. Ik for volunteers to go‘ to New Ca‘eo‘o ha in Wives tor co ivicts serving 0 1!: sentences in t a: penal t 0 ony. Fifty wo nen who a. severed this appea. were ship} ped the ot IB!‘ dew hon Forum 1:, a. Id when they arrive in New Caledonia they will be diVided between the two religion es‘ablih» meats, 0 ie a; Nouma and the othen as. B04- m'l. l‘ne coavrcu of the first-clmsâ€"that is thme who have dintlngniahed ihemselvea by gooJ (oaauct and who are mcordingly to be , a 1,:A__-A A: rounded by land gun‘sâ€"we informed of the arrival of the women. Thoae who are unmarried. or who are widower: and desire to get married. 30 b0 Noumea or \o Bourml, where they are allowed so make their choice among the women. Of course. they are not towed to make a. choice, not are the wo nen lowed r0 marry if the men who‘eelect them do not please them. The notaorities intro- duce the men and women tonth other and allow them to am as they plem. During the lent cemury-e more rapid and more curious system wax in force. \Vhen the women arrived they, with the men. were drawn up in line: facing each other. The name of a. man was called and then the name of 3 women, and when the lint had been call- ed over, the couple: thus paired Were at once married. Lewinon has an AM. thg. The tail end of committees in the place for him. Brides for French Convicts. SCIENTIFIC. This is the re:ipe: and stir in pulverized of paint. Put a cost , and there is not a.